China's Moon Mission Captivates Scientists

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Julie Makinen, China's Moon Mission Captivates Scientists; Data from the Chang'e mission, which landed in an unexplored area, could shed light on the moon's history and facilitate other space expeditions. Los Angeles Times, Jan 7, 2014.
www.latimes.com/world/la-fg-china-space-20140107,0,6075056.story

Note:
(a) "'The parts of the moon that have been explored are so minuscule,' said Leroy CHIAO, a former NASA astronaut and International Space Station commander."

焦立中
zh.wikipedia.org/zh-cn/焦立中
(父母"于二战后前往台湾，于当地相识及结婚，1950年代移居美国")
(b) "Stephen Mackwell, director of the Lunar and Planetary Institute in Houston, noted that the Chang'e 3 mission landed in an area — the right eye of the 'Man in the Moon' — distinctly different from previous US and Soviet landing sites."

Man in the Moon
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_in_the_Moon
(c) Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_Atmosphere_and_Dust_Environment_Explorer
(LADEE)
(d) "Mackwell and others said they were optimistic that the Chinese will share the findings of the Chang'e 3 mission. Some experts said that when China hosted the International Astronautical Congress in Beijing in the fall, Chinese researchers were transparent about the results of the previous Chang'e 1 and 2 missions and their plans for the rover.

So the previous two were successful.
(e) "Abbud-Madrid, director of the Center for Space Resources based at the Colorado School of Mines"
(i) It is a typo: Angel Abbud-Madrid, PhD (originally from Mexico)
(ii) Center for Space Resources, Colorado School of Mines (Golden, CO), undated.
spaceresources.mines.edu/contact.htm
(iii) Colorado School of Mines
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colorado_School_of_Mines
(public; Established 1873-1874)

is located at Golden, 12 miles west of Denver.